Ash-sifter



(No Model.)

T. W. MOKBEVER.

ASH SIFTER.

No. 432,165. Patented July 15,1890.

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TIMOTHY \V, MCKEEVER, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,165, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed November 11, 1889. Serial No. 329,353- (No model.)

per end of which is inclined in both directions from the loops that receive the pivots of the sifter,'so that the ashes and cinders when placed in the sifter can be agitated by the rocking motion given to such sifter, and the ashes will fall into the scuttle or other receiving-vessel below, and after the sifter has been lifted from its bearings the scuttle or other vessel can be used for coal or any domestic purpose.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the sitter and receiving-vessel. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same with the receivingvessel of a different shape. Fig. 3 is a face view, and Fig. at a sectional view, representing the pivots and loops by which the sitter is connected to the receiving-vessel. Fig. 5 represents a modification of the receiving-vessel, and Fig. 6 is an elevation of a portion of the sifter, showing one of the hinged slotted anglepieces.

The receiving-vessel A may be of the shape of a coal scuttle or hod, as shown in Fig. 1,

the same being elliptical in a horizontal sec tion, or the scuttle or hod may be rectangular, or it may be cylindrical. In all instances the upper edges of the vessel are inclined upwardly to the loops B, that receive the pivots 2 of the sitter O. This sifter O is of a shape suitable to fit the upper part of the receivingvessel A, and it has a removable cover 3, and is preferably provided with end handles l, and the screen 5 is to be of woven wire or other suitable material, and it is preferably securely fastened at or within the flanges 6, and below these flanges the skirt 7 of the sifter extends down into the receiving-vessel A, and the shape of this skirt 7 is adapted to the peculiar configuration of the receiving-vessel A, so that the skirt 7 will remain within the upper part of the receiving-vessel A and coincide with the same, or nearly so, as the sifter O is rocked upon its pivots 2, and at the same v time the escape of dust from the receivingvessel A will be prevented, or nearly so.

The loops B are preferably formed withhook ends 8 above the curved slot containing the pivots 2, so that such pivots may slip along from one end to the other of the curved slot as the sifter isrocked in its place, and the openings between the hooked ends 8 allow the pivots 2 to be lifted out from the loops when the sifter is separated from the receiving-vessel. There are flanges 9 below the loops B, which flanges are riveted to the sides of the receiving-vessel adjacent to the pointed upper edges, and it is preferable to extend the metal of the loops to form eyes 10 with flanges 11 riveted to the metal of the receiving-vessel, and these eyes receive the lower hooked ends of the bail D, which is preferably of heavy wire and provided with a central wooden handle. This handle may be made use of in transporting the receiving-vessel A, and it may also be made use of as a convenient device for giving to the sifter O a rocking movement. With this object in viewI fasten by hinges 12 to the sides of the sitter the slotted angle-piece E, which may be turned up out of the way of the bail D, or when turned downwardly and outwardly the bail is received into the slots of the angle-pieces, so that the handle or bail D can be grasped, and as it is swung back and forth the sifter O is rocked upon its pivots and with sutlicient violence and concussion to shake the ashes out from the cinders as the contents of the sifter slide from one end to the other in consequence of the inclined positions into which the sifter is moved.

There may be a slide-door G at one end of the sitter to allow the cinders to pass out after the ashes have been separated from them, and an exterior chute K should be provided to direct the cindersinto any suitable receiv ing-vessel.

If desired, the pivots 2 may be made broad and flat, as seen in Fig. 5, so as to slide upon the top or convex edges of the support, in which case the hook ends of the loops may be dispensed with, as shown. This form of pivot is specially available with the bail and hinged angle-pieces The receiving-vessel A may be without a bottom and have a surrounding flange to rest upon the top of an ash barrel or can, as seen in Fig. 5.

I claim as my invention 1. The receiving-vessel A, having inclined upper edges, and the loops B, fastened upon the receiving-vessel at the upper ends of the inclines, in combination with the sitter C, having pivots 2 passing into the loops and adapted to set upon and within the upper part of the receiving-vessel and to receive a rocking motion upon its pivots, substantially as setforth.

2. The sifter 0, having a removable cover, a screen 5, and a skirt 7, passing down below the screen,in combination with the receivingvessel A, having loops B for the reception of the pivots of the screen and inclined upper edges with which the flanges of the siftercome in contact, substantially as set forth.

3. The receiving-vessel A, having inclined upper edges, the loop B, fastened to the vessel at the upper ends of the inclines, the bail D and the eyes for the bails adjacent to or formed with the loops and fastened to the receivingvessel, the sifter, and the pivots for supporting the sifter within the loops, substantially as set forth.

4. The receiving-vessel Avaud the loops B, in combination with the bail and the eyes 10, by which the bail is connected to the receivingvessel, a sitter C and pivots 2, supported by loops, and the slotted angle-pieces hinged to the sifter and into the slots of which the bail is received, substantially as se': forth.

5. The combination, with the receiving-vessel having inclined upper edges and bearings at the upper end of such inclines, of a rocking sifter having a skirt extending down into the receiving-vessel, a flange to come into contact with the upper edge of such vessel, and pivots resting upon the bearings, substantially as set forth.

(3. The combination, with the receiving-ves sel having inclined upper edges, of a rocking sifter having pivots resting on the receivingvessel at the top ends of the inclines and an opening and slide at one end of the sifter for the delivery of the cinders, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 1st day of November, 1889.

TIMOTHY XV. MCKEEVER.

WVitnesses:

GEo. T. PINOKNEY, WILLIAM G. MOTT. 

